WPEP going dark (but now, WVBF serves Taunton)

[Dan.Strassberg]

Except the FCC does not license nighttime-only AM stations and there 
is no indication that they could be prevailed upon to start doing so. 
My guess is that they could not be--a number of people in the Media 
Bureau would surely adopt an "over my dead body" stance, and you can 
kind of see why: allowing nighttime-only AMs would open the floodgates 
for perhaps thousands of applications. OTOH, there is a precedent for 
allowing Class D AMs to operate multiple low-power on-channel 
nighttime transmitters.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eli Polonsky" <elipolo@earthlink.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: WPEP going dark (but now, WVBF serves Taunton)


> WPEP 1570 had been broadcasting at night with 227 watts.
> Since the power increase for WNSH is for daytime only,
> I don't see what would prevent WPEP from continuing to
> broadcast on 1570 as they were, at nighttime only. It
> would beat 2 watts from Middleborough (which could also
> continue).
>
> They would have to run some sort of promos on 1530 in
> the daytime instructing listeners in the Taunton area
> to turn their dials up a few clicks to 1570 at sunset.
> Listeners who tune in for specific evening programs on
> WPEP would already know that they're there. If they air
> things like local evening school sports games, those
> could be promoted beforehand as being on 1570.
>
> WPEP could come on at sunset, when WNSH powers down
> to 85 watts, and could stay on until sunrise on the
> following morning, then instructing listeners to tune
> down to 1530 for the morning show. If WPEP did that,
> it may be the only nighttime-only AM station in the
> country, as far as I know.
>
> EP
>
>
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